Category Archives: community struggles

This week – from Saturday 7th to Saturday 14th July – sees a UK-wide week of action against workfare, called by Boycott Workfare following the national How Do We Break Workfare conference in Brighton. Before the week had even started, Holland … Continue reading →

The past few weeks have seen a series of actions and events by York Welfare Campaign as part of the ongoing campaign around housing problems in York. Monday 14th May saw a well-attended public meeting featuring speakers on housing benefit, … Continue reading →

Saturday 26th May sees an event being held by York Welfare Campaign entitled entitled Here to Live, Here to Stay. Timed as part of UK Uncut’s Great British Street Party, the event is both a celebration of the city and a … Continue reading →

The York Press this week reported that the Bonding Warehouse, a building by the side of the river near Clifford’s Tower, has been bought by local developers: YORK’S historic Bonding Warehouse has been bought by a developer and looks set to … Continue reading →

This weekend saw the beginning of Welcome to Palestine, an initiative aimed at bringing solidarity activists from around the world together in Palestine for a series of conferences, social events and solidarity work such as help in building a school … Continue reading →

This Saturday, 31st March, saw groups across Europe take part in an international day of action against capitalism. A full list of events can be found at march31.net along with reports from the demonstrations and other actions, with further updates … Continue reading →

This Saturday – 3th March – sees a National Day of Action against workfare. Folks in York will be meeting at the fountain on Parliament Street at 1pm and then moving on to companies involved in the workfare scheme. What’s workfare? … Continue reading →